The prisoner of the maharajah
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The prisoner of the maharajah |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1954 |
| length | 103, 110 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Veit Harlan |
| script | Veit Harlan based on an idea by Peter Francke and Maria von der Osten-Sacken |
| production | Hans Albin |
| music | Franz Grothe |
| camera |
Georg Bruckbauer (studio photos) Klaus von Rautenfeld (India photos) |
| cut | Walter Boos |
| occupation | |
and Oskar von Schab , Hans Magel , Alexander von Malachowsky | |
The Prisoner of the Maharajah is a German feature film from 1954 by Veit Harlan , at the same time the continuation of his strip Stars about Colombo, which was filmed the previous year . Harlan's script is based on an idea by Peter Francke and Maria von der Osten-Sacken . As in the previous film, Kristina Söderbaum , Willy Birgel and René Deltgen took over the leading roles . A compilation of both films was released in 1962 under the title The Maharaja's Blonde Wife .
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Fascinated by her beauty, the Maharajah Gowan kidnapped the Swedish circus rider Yrida to his palace. Once there, she wakes up from deep feverish dreams. At the behest of the Ceylonese prince, the farm's doctor persuades Yrida to have only dreamed of all the terrible events of the recent past. The Maharajah turns out to be a generous and concerned host who reads every wish from the lips of the young European. Soon an intimate relationship develops between the two dissimilar people. Yrida likes it very much to be courted in this way, and the much older prince, on the other hand, hopes nothing more than that his love for this woman will be reciprocated by her. But eventually Yrida learns the whole truth from the Maharaja's forsaken lover, a temple dancer, and she is deeply shocked by the facts.
She has to realize that she was kidnapped and that the tribal prince is at least complicit in the death of her friend, the artist Michael, (see first part). The circus rider suddenly turns away from the aristocratic man with horror and never wants to see Gowan again. When Gowan's ex-lover finally kills herself, the maharajah, whom the conspirators also want to topple from the throne, loses all courage to face life. He decides to leave his palace and his domain. Now it is up to his son Gowaran, who was at times falsely suspected of having been behind the plot against his father and whom the Maharajah has appointed as his successor after the facts have been clarified. He and Yrida get closer to each other and find that they are meant to be.
Production notes
The film was directed by Ilse Kubaschewskis Munich production company KG Divina GmbH & Co. produced. The outdoor photos were taken in 1953 in Munich, Hamburg, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka ) and India . The premiere took place on February 5, 1954 in the Apollo cinema in Düsseldorf. Exactly one month later the film was also shown in Berlin cinemas.
Eberhard Meichsner was in charge of production. The buildings were designed by the film architect Ernst H. Albrecht and implemented by Paul Markwitz , Bruno Lutz and Arne Flekstad . Werner Boehm and Lilo Lieb contributed the costumes. Walter Rühland was responsible for the sound.
Reviews
In the mirror you can read: "Kristina Söderbaum fulfills her traditional need to appear as a lovely corpse in Agfacolor, but the noble horse rider she embodies - believably hysterically - only dies in the terrible fantasies of the nobly loving Maharaja (Willy Birgel) . In the beautiful Harlan reality, the Maharajah magnanimously leads it to his son and heir to the throne (Adrian Hoven). Fairytale, as far as the simple folly of the texts as well as the Indian milieu splendor. "
The lexicon of the international film says: "The lavishly equipped film in the style of the" Indian tomb "surpasses the first part in pomp, kitsch and mendacity and leaves a lack of tact and good taste in the use of Christian and Buddhist motifs."
Web links
- The prisoners of the Maharaja in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The prisoner of the Maharajah at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The film title is incorrect German. Actually, it would have to "The Prisoner of the Maharaja 's " hot.
- ↑ The Prisoners of the Maharajah in Der Spiegel 12/1954
- ↑ The Prisoner of the Maharajah. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 1, 2019 .